Robert R James
INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF JUDGING REPORT 2017

It has been my honour to participate as independent Chairman of Judging of the 2017 Awards.
Once again, the judges and I observed an impressive and record number of entries submitted into the 2017 Thai Printing Awards.

I congratulate the Thai Printing Association Committee and its Members, who continue to support these Awards.

These Awards continue to prosper with the valued support of the various trade suppliers, who are collectively either Major Sponsors of the Thai Print Awards or Patrons of the Special Awards.

As in the past, the judging process of each entry is conducted under specific guidelines. Should a judge have knowledge of the production of any entry, they must abstain from participating in the judging of that specific Category.

This year the judges were impressed, not only by the record number of entries submitted, but also by the excellent print quality and competitive variety of entries, especially in the following Categories:

Sheet-fed Offset – Magazines and Journals

Sheet-fed Offset – Books, four or more colours

Sheet-fed Offset – Brochures, Booklets, Catalogues and Newsletters

Digital Printing – Books

Digital Printing – Packaging

Special Categories – Multi-Piece production and Campaign

Special Categories – Embellishments

Special Categories – Innovation / Specialty Printing

To facilitate the judging process, it is essential (as a ‘Condition of Entry’) that all production and technical details are provided on the ‘Entry Form – Part 2’, for every Category.

Any additional information will further benefit the entry judging procedure.

Unfortunately, a number of entries in the following Categories – ‘Flexography’, ‘Gravure’ and ‘Books – two or three colours’, did not comply with the specific entry requirements.

All those supplying artwork, raw materials and equipment components, should encourage their customers, the printing establishment, to seriously consider entering the print which utilized their materials and equipment into the 2018 Thai Print Awards.

So, now is the time to encourage the operators of the various printing and other converting machine operations, to start putting aside any outstanding print reproduction and converting samples for review, once the entry into the 2018 Thai Print Awards has been invited.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the continued dedication of all those involved in the preparation, judging and co-ordination of the 2017 Thai Print Awards.

We sincerely congratulate all of the 2017 Thai Print Award winners ‘Towards the New Frontier’.

Thank you

Robert R JamesIndependent Chairman of Judging

CHAIRMAN OF JUDGING PROFILE 2017

Master of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia 1992

Former Head of Printing Machining, Binding & Finishing Departments ICGT – RMIT University

Council Member of the Australia New Zealand Flexographic Technical Association, 1988 – 1991 and 1994 – 1997

Inducted into the Australia New Zealand Flexographic Technical Association (ANZFTA)‘Hall of Fame’ in 2001